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| Global Score | |
| 73.6 | 75.8 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Huawei |
| -- | Android 8.0 Oreo |
| 2015-09-03 | 2018-06-12 |
| 7.82 x 5.31 x 0.22 inches | 10.19 x 6.76 x 0.29 inches |
| 9.59 ounces | 17.57 ounces |
| -- | Gold and Gray |
| Metal | Metal |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 8 inches | 10.8 inches |
| 2048 x 1536 pixels | 1600 x 2560 pixels |
| Super AMOLED | IPS LCD |
| 320 pixels per inch | 280 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 7.6 | 7.4 |
| Performance | |
| Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 5433 chipset | HiSilicon Kirin 960 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A57 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit (Octa-Core 1900 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 16 nm (Octa-Core 2360 MHz) processor |
| 3 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Mali-T760 MP6 GPU | Mali-G71 MP8 GPU |
| 9 | 9.27 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 128 GB) external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot |
| 10.02 | 13.18 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 2.10 MP | 13.00 MP + 8.00 MP |
| -- | f/2.20 aperture |
| 2560 x 1440 (Quad HD / 2K) video resolution | -- |
| 6.38 | 7.92 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA and HSUPA | LTE (4G) |
| -- | Nano SIM |
| 5.7 | 5.4 |
| Battery Life | |
| 4000mAh Battery | 7500mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 5.92 | 8.64 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.1 | Bluetooth 4.2 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The Huawei MediaPad M5 10 is a little bit better than the Galaxy Tab S2 8.0-inch, having a 75.8 score against 73.6. Even though Huawei MediaPad M5 10 is much newer than the Galaxy Tab S2 8.0-inch, it's incredibly thicker and notably heavier. Galaxy Tab S2 8.0-inch counts with a little more vivid screen than Huawei MediaPad M5 10, because although it has a little worse resolution of 1536 x 2048px and a much smaller display, it also counts with a just a little better pixels density.
Huawei MediaPad M5 10 counts with a bit better CPU than Galaxy Tab S2 8.0-inch, and although they both have the same number of cores, the Huawei MediaPad M5 10 also has a larger amount of RAM memory. The Huawei MediaPad M5 10 shoots a lot better photos and videos than Galaxy Tab S2 8.0-inch, because it has a lot more mega-pixels back facing camera.
The Huawei MediaPad M5 10 has a much bigger memory capacity to install applications and games or saving photos and videos than Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 8.0-inch, because it has 64 GB more internal storage and a slot for SD memory cards that holds a maximum of 256 GB. The Huawei MediaPad M5 10 has a really longer battery life than Galaxy Tab S2 8.0-inch, because it has 7500mAh of battery capacity instead of 4000mAh.
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